Can opener



.April 6 1926. 1,579,488

' A. R. RAMIVG ET AL CAN OPENER Filed April 16, 1925 c/o /L 75j. /afm' q@ 27 37 K George Haute, in the county of of Indiana, citizens of Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

ADoLrn R. Ramis,

or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs,

AD GEORGE RAMIG, OF TERRE HAUTE,

INDIANA.

CAN OIENEB.

Application led April 16, 1925. Serial No. 23,541.

To all 'whom t may concern.

, Be it known that we, of Chic-ab of Illino have inv provementfollowing, reference in the county of Cook and and GEORGE RAMTG,

Vigo, in

ented a certain new a in Can Openers,

ing accompanying and forming a part of, is a specification.

This invention rel in opening cans containing baked beans, fish, crab meat, oysters, clams,

or veget and beets,

cooked corn beef,

ables, as green peas, string similar articles.

Among the objects obtain a can opener' operator adlacent ar ting what may bottom) in such annular to cut to one of the can manner asnot to leave an flange on said wall or walls. additional object is to obt and fruits, as peaches, pears, ani

ADoLrH R. RAMTG,

State of Terre State the United States,

nd useful Imof which the being had to the drawhereates to a device usable food stuffs, as salmon, tuna and the like,

beans` of the invention is to which will enable the the wall or walls of la can end thereof. Y thereby sepbe termed the top, or from said wall, or walls,

inner ain a can opener of the kind described by means of which one end of a or walls said can having rounded corners. ject is to obtain a operated effort by is to obtain a can ope quire the can to be hel end thereof is additional obj of the kind rec durable,

ing our i iu which Fig. 1

can can thereof is provided -with rectangular the operator.

not liable -to become broken get out of order.

We have illustrat nvention in isa section a. portion of the upperend of to which 4 is a sectional 4view the device is applied. is a is a bottom plan view; and

d members mounted thereon,

be separated'from the with equalfacility whether said wall be cylindrical or oval, or whether.

Wall

walls An additional obcan opener which can be on a can of any size with the same An additional object ner which will not red stationary while one being removed therefrom. An ect is to obtain a can` opener ited which is easily operated,

or to ed a can opener embodytlie drawing referred to,

side elevation, showing in cross il. Can

top plan view of' the device.

of a vertical with viewed as indiwhich is preferably frame of the device,4

frame of a can opener emfl made of what is knownto the trade as fiat wire, and is provided with bends 2 and 3' to f obtain table 4, which is substantially parallel to the main -body part of the frame. respectively represent parts of a sliding frame which is movably mounted on and underneath frame 1. Part 5 is provided, l with bends 7 and 8, to

10, at the ends thereof, which Vmembers are the main body partofv obtain members 9 and at right angles' to said part 5. Part 6 is provided with bends 11 and 12, to obtain members 13 and 14. Member 13 is at right angles to the body part of said part 6, and member 14 is -in a plane parallel to said body. at oneend of member 14. l16, 17, respectively 15 representsfa slot represent rectangular apertures in framel.-

18 represents the upper end of member 10. of the sliding frame,

in, aperture 17. 19 represents a rivet which and fits, to be movable extends through andis movable in aperture 16. The rivet 19 also extends through apertures provided therefor. in parts 5 and and is riveted, or lattended, at the end thereof against the under side or face of part'y 5, as atI 20, Fig. 1. Theportion bf .rivet19 which extends through the apertures i'n parts 5 and .6, is preferably, of less diameter than 6 respectively, fitting tightly in said apertures; 7

the portionwhich extends through aperturel i v16, to obtain shoulder 21, so that when end 2O is flattened or riveted, as described the partsv V5 and' 6 are rigidly rivet, without ldanger of forcing part 6 against the under face 'of frame 1.* f 22 represents av vertical shaft which is rotatably mounted in the-body part of frame 1i, and iu table 4. 23 represents the upper `end Ao shaft 22, said shaft to'obtain a handle, means to manually turn said shaft. lower end of the shaft 22 is y screw threaded, as at 24, Fig. 4. 25 represents a roller which is provided with annular and said handle affording The joined by saidl illustrated as l therefor in table 4,

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34 is then forced into Hange 26, at one end. 27 represents a wheel whlch. is provided with ratchet teeth 28. Roller'25 and wheel 27 are, respectively provided with a screw threaded central aperture, said screw threads tting closely to corresponding screw threads on shaft 22; and said roller and wheel are rigidly mounted on said shaft 22 by means of the co-acting screw threads, and the riveting of the end of said shaft against the face of wheel 27, as at 29, Fig. 4.

envertical shaft 2,2, with roller 25 and 27, rigidly mounted thereon as reare rotatably mounted in frame 1, the roller is rotatable in the aperture provided and said roller also fits loosely in slot or recess 15, at the end of member 14 of part 6 of the movable frame. represents a bolt which is rigidly. secured in member 14 of part 6'of the movable frame, as by screw threads on said bolt fitting an laperture having corresponding threads in Ymember 14, and by the nut 31. 32 is a. roller, and 33 a cutter, which are mounted on'bolt 30. 34 represents a lever which is manually turnable on bolt or rivet wheel 35. Said bolt or rivet 35 is rigidly mounted Y on Vframe 1, and 4forms the fulcrum of said 36, 37, represent cams, or cam surfaces, on one end of lever 34, and are illustrated as integral with said lever. Cam 36 is--al'ranged to abut or come in contact with member 1Q of of the device, abut or come part 5 of the movable frame and cam 37 is arranged to in 'contact with the end 38 of part 6 of said movable frame, which is adjacentthereto. The position of the slidframe comprising parts 5 and 6, on frame 1, is controlled by lever 34 and cams 36, 37; one of said cams moving said-sliding frame in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, as lever 34 is turned on its fulcrum in one or the other direction.

39, Fig. 1, represents a portion of one end of a cam-and 40a portion of a wall of a can. 41 represents the ordinary peripheral liange on the end of a can, and 42 the fold of the wall 40 on to said ange.

To operate .the device the lever 34 is turned on its fulcrum into substantially the position illustrated inFig. 3, thereby separatin wheel 27 from roller 32 andcutter 33. The device ,is then' laced on a `can substantially as illustrate in Fig. 1, and handle substantially the position illustrated in Fi 2.v The peripheral edge of cutter 33 is thewvall 40 of4 the forced against said of wheel 27 are can; the roller 32 is wall; and the teeth 28 forced against fold 42.

- Handle 23 is then turned clockwise, vas

viewed in Fig. 2, and by said turning the teeth 28 will turn the can and the peripheral cutting edge of cutter 33, will continuously cut the wall 40. The turning of handle 23 thereby forced through is preferably continued until said cutter has cut said wall entirely around the can and bottom 39 thereby separated from wall 40.

If the can is rectangular in cross section, with rounded corners, the device is placed thereon in the manner last above recited, and as illustrated in Fig. 1; and handle 23 is turned on its fulcrum as above set out. The ratchet teeth 28 of wheel 27 will thereupon engage with fold 42, and move the can along to a corner, and will then turn the can and moveit along the next corner of the can; and upon continuous turning of said handle 23 will turn the can around and separate the bottom ofthe can from the walls thereof.

` During the operation of the machine as above described the member 9 of part 5 of the movable frame forms a guard protecting the operator from the cutting Wheel 33. e claim:

l. In a can opener, a frame comprising a bar provided with a table in a plane parallel to the plane of the bod part of said bar, va shaft rotatably mounted7 in said frame, a handle on one end of said shaft and a wheel provided with teeth rigidly mounted on the other end of said shaft, a frame movably mounted on the first named frame, a cutting wheel rotatably mounted on said movable frame, and a guard on said movable frame arranged to be adjacent to the cutting edge of said wheel, in combination with a lever fulcurmed on said first named frame, and means on said lever arranged to control the position of said movable frame on said first named, frame, and a roller rigidly secured to said cutting wheel.

2. In a can opener, a frame, a shaft rotatahly mounted in said frame, means at one end thereof and a Wheel provided with teeth rigidly mounted on the other end of said shaft, the body' of said frame provided' with a plurality of rectangular apertures, a two part frame movably mounted on said first named ame, a rivet extending through and movable in one of said apertures and extending through the two parts of said movable frame to rigidly join said parts, and one end of one of said parts extending through and@ movable in the other of said apertures, the other end of said last` named part positioned to form a guard to the cutltinlg edge of a .cutting wheel, inV combinatio tomanually turn said shaft allel to the plane of the bodyupart of said bar, to form a table, a shaft, a roller provided with an annular provided vwith teeth, saidroller and wheel rigidly mounted on one end of said shaft and means on the other end thereof to manually turn said shaft, said shaft andl roller rotatably mounted in the body part and ltable of said frame, respectively, in combination with an additional two-part .frame mounted on said first named frame, a cutting wheel and an additional-roller rotatably mounted on one part of said additional frame, said additional roller arranged to oo-act with said wheel having teeth thereon,

`the other part of Said additional part arranged so that one end thereof forms a guard to said cutting wheel, means to movably join said additional frame tosaid first named frame, and means to control the posifirst named frame.

4. In a can opener, with rectangular apertures, and a lever fulcrumed on said frame, cams on said lever, in combination with an additional two-part a frame provided frame, movably mounted on said first named` frame, a bolt extending throughone of said apertures and through. the parts of said additional frame, to rigidly join said parts, the ends of one of said parts at right angles to the body of said part oneof said ends extending through the other of said apertures, and the other of said ends adapted to to a cutting wheel mounted on form a guard said cams arranged said additional frame,

- to co-act with the parts of said additional frame to control the position of said additional frame on said first named frame.

5. In a can opener, a frame, a shaft screw threaded at one end thereof and means to manually turn said shaft at the other end thereof. said shaft rotatably mounted in said frame, in combination with a roller provided with an annular flange at one end thereof v and a wheel provided with teeth, said roller flange and a wheelv wheel.

andy wheel provided withl central screw threaded apertures corresponding with the screw threaded end of said shaft, and mounted thereon to turn therewith when said shaft is rotated in a determined direction a rotatably mounted cutting wheel and roller, and means to shiftthe cutting wheel and roller to and fr om the cany wall.

6. In a can opener, a frame provided with a table at onefend thereof parallel with the body part of said frame, a shaft rotatably mounted 'in the body part of 4said. frame and said table, said shaftv 'provided with screw threads at one end thereof and means to manually' turn said shaft at the other end, a wheel provided with teeth and with a central aperture having screw threads corresponding with the screw 4threads on said shaft and mounted thereon with sheet metal interposed between them, y

and means to force said roller and wheel into cao-acting relation with said cutting wheel extending through said sheet metal.

7 In a can opener, a frame, a lever fullcrumed on said frame and cams on said lever, a shaft and a. wheel on said shaft rotatably mounted in said frame, in combination with, any additional frame movably mounted onsaid first named frame, a cutting wheel and a roller rotatably mounted on said additional frame, a guard to said cutting 'wheel on said additional frame, said lever and cams arranged to force said cut ting wheel and roller into determined and co-acting rela-tion with said first named 

